NASA Europa Clipper mission is on its way to Europa, but it has some stops to make before it investigates the habitability of ...

The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.

Researchers are working on technology that could follow NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and hunt for life in the ocean of ...

Europa's critical environment is its oceans. Europa has an ocean beanth its icy surface that may contain twice as much water as Earth’s oceans. That’s despite Europa being about the same size ...

Ahead of the Clipper is a 1.8 billion-mile journey to Europa on a trajectory taking it past Mars and then Earth, using the planets’ gravity as a slingshot to add speed to the trek. After ...

On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

With a diameter of about 1,940 miles, Europa is roughly 10% smaller than Earth's moon. Europa is a cold moon, with surface ...

NASA's Europa Clipper will assess its habitability, with Europa's conditions resembling those on Earth, such as a salty ocean and hydrothermal activity, possibly supporting microbial life.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

On Oct. 14 NASA’s Europa Clipper was launched from Kennedy Space Center to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa. It will arrive at ...